Barts was founded in 1123 by Rahere.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
St Bartholomew's Hospital
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St Bartholomew's Hospital - Victorian extension
{On the frieze above the pillars:} Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, Founded by...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
St Bartholomew's Hospital
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Bart's War Memorial
{Entering the hospital from West Smithfield you walk through an arched passag...
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Whitgift Almshouses / Hospital of the Holy Trinity, Croydon
Erected by Archbishop John Whitgift, after he had petitioned and received permission from Queen Elizabeth I to establish a hospital and school in Croydon. The premises provided accommodation for be...
George Qvist
Surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital. Wrote a biography of fellow surgeon John Hunter. Married Dame Frances Violet Gardner (1913-1989), another medical consultant. AIM gives their impressive CVs. We'...
Hannah Billig
Doctor. Born at 41 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields. Qualified as a doctor in 1925, she set up her first clinic in the east end of London in 1935. During WW2 she was the doctor in charge of air raid sh...
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New River
The so-called New River is actually an aqueduct built 1609 - 1613 from near Ware, Hertfordshire, to Islington to bring fresh water from country springs to the City. It required a 1602 charter from ...
Queen Victoria Memorial
SW1, The Mall
Shame about the nose. On the platform at the unveiling ceremony Brock was made Knight Commander of the Bath.
Sigmund Freud
Founding father of psychoanalysis. Born Morovia. In 1860 the family settled in Vienna where he studied, began his career and married. In 1875 he visited his half-brothers in Manchester, and again ...
Josef Dallos
Hungarian-born British ophthalmologist, invented living eye impression technique, 1930. Moved to London with George Nissel in May 1937 and, in Cavendish Square, set up the first contact lens only p...
Harry Selfridge
Born Wisconsin. Too small to join the navy he became a clerk in a department store, where he rose to manager and then set out on his own. Very successful, he "retired" in 1906, moved to London and ...
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